Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-28
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Scatter some Of the finest, richest and
best manure YOU have on the piece OF
ground intended for your onions.
Whenever the wheat fields and pastures
are thrown up by the frost it is best to run
roller over the crop.
Even two or three feeds OF cooked tur.
nips or potatoes each week is better than
TO omit such food altogether. 1t is variety
that promotes health and keeps the stock
in condition.
Whenever it is noticed that the hogs eat
gravel 1t is sign that something they
need IS lacking. A few pieces of coal, or
charcoal, Will probably be cure, while
the food should at the same time be va
rted.
II you do not wish to be backward with
work In spring do all your pruning and
cutting bark now, as the work cannot be
done should the season be warm. To be-
gin spring work should be to work the
ground, not the trees or vines.
The degree of fat depends upon the kind
of food. Experiments show that when
the proportion of non heterogeneous to nj
trOgenous substance in the food ia COM
paratlvely high the proportion Of carcass
in the live weight is also comparatively
high.
For old stock that cannot properly mas
that will fatten so readily as ten parts
meal and one part linseed meal. Ii the
mixture be moistened with warm water
and slightly sailed TO give it seasoning,
the animals Will eat it clean.
Charred wood from the stove, or char
coal in any shape, is excellent for hogs.
It is best to keep charcoal in the pens
where the hogs can always have free &C
cess TO it. Rotten wood is also relished
by hogs, and they are very fond of burnt
bread or other charred substances.
Bone meal is excellent for all kinds of
poultry, as it not only supplies them with
pbosphates and a proportion OF nitrogen,
but also OF lime Tor the smells OF eggs. 1t
is used largely in the food of young chicks.
Broken or pounded bones are more &C.
ceptable TO adult fowls than bone meal.
The MinOrca is said TO be an excellent
fowl for crossing with the Langshan. AL
though the MinOrca has large comb and
was supposed to be a poor winter layer,
Mr.. +. A. Mortimer, OF Pottsville, Pa,
reports that with him they have laid all
through the winter, and that in number
OF eggs per annum they largely exceed
any other breed.
If the weather becomes warm pillow the
ground for the garden and let it freeze
before the winter passes over. The gar
den Is spot that should never be over
looked. 1t affords greater variety for
the table than any other piece OF ground
on the farm, and there Will never be any
loss or waste OF manure and tillage If
bestowed upon the garden.
Mixing lime with any kind OF manure
will cause decomposition quickly, but at
the loss OF the volatile matter. 1t will not
be beneficial TO use lime with manure.
except when about to apply the manure
IN M fnN hnn k..a
usually damp, Will arrest the escape of
ammonia, especially If the manure be
narrowed ia or well incorporated with the
soil.
Ii corn fodder b cut and crushed so as
10 be in the same condition as ordinary
cut food and moistened, horses and cattle
can be kept through the winter in good
condition upon it, bur proportion OF
some kiad OF grourd grain must be also
allowed, as The corn fodder, though serv-
ing to supply bulky food. must be bal
anoed by material OF more concentrated
character.
AS protection 10 trees against mice,
rabbits, borers, etc., a screen made OF
common window wire is recommended.
The wire Is cut into strips about six inches
wide, across the end OF the roll which is
usually about two feet in width, and the
strips wound around broom-handfe.
w hSh piNCeu dTouuu trees Lne spring OF
the wire holds them In place and they do
not bind the trees.
A ratio for a COW weighing 1000 pounds
is estimated to be, OF hay, s pounds;
straw. II pounds; barley meal, 4 pounds;
linseed meal, pounds; cottonseed meal,
. pounds. or total Of IS pounds per day.
The product fron the COW will depend
upon her shelter and breeding and. though
the above ~ for COW weighing LOCO
pouDos, yet something depends upon her
appetite, health and condition.
Hay tea and oatmeal Cruel is claimed
as the best food for calves raised by hand.
The difficulty in raising calves, when they
arc taken from their dams, is the .'so0urs." |
when this is noticed the food should be |
cooked and OF the most digestible nature.
haw ground oats aad steamed clover is
best for them when they are six months
old, a. such food will cause them to grow |
very rapidly, but previous to that age |
the mode OF feeding must DO done judi |
cs0rsly.